Lola Hart Smith will be among those seeking treats along Thomaston Street tonight. She is the daughter of Michael and Heather Smith of Brent Road.
Nobody does trick-or-treat like T Street
The usual hordes of candy-seeking trick-or-treaters are expected along Barnesville's Thomaston Street corridor this evening and tonight as the community celebrates Halloween.
With this being said, I must express my feelings about one particular incident that happened in 2002. Unfortunately, I was layed off of work in August of 2002, and unemployment was not even a third of what I was use to making. Because of this, I was unable to buy, at the time, my 10 year old daughter a costume. Everyone on the Street treated her as if she was dressed up except one lady. She had her things set up on the walkway to her front door, and when my daughter walked up and said trick or treat, the lady told her that she could not have any candy because she was not dressed up. Of course, when she said this, it hurt MY feelings because I felt responsible. Naturally, I did not say anything out of the way to the lady because after all, it was her yard and her candy. However, sometimes there are circumstances where every $1 counts, and parents may not be able to get a costume.
So, PLEASE, never turn a child down on Halloween because they don't have a costume on. Out of all the great people on this street, everytime I ride down it, I always look at this house and think about that night, and ALL of the feelings that I was having too deal with at the time.
Again, THANKS, to all of the wonderful families that do make this a good holiday.
Several did not have costumes last night and one boy did not have a sack,so we got him a sack,and gave candy to all until we ran out.
Your right about only 15 giving out candy, 7 houses are vacant, 3 were out of town as this was the Ga. Fla. game.
It did cause several of us to run out of candy sooner than expected. In two hours I had given out 1800 pieces of candy as had several of my neighbors at a cost of over $200. It would help if only children trick or treated not young adult and adults.
If everyone did, Where can we take kids to trick or treat tonight?
It was quite noticable that well over HALF of the houses on Thomaston st did not participate. It is completely their decision to and that is fine. Im just stating a fact and I think that everyone there was 100% shocked about the lack of participation.
However, on a strained budget (contrary to thought no everyone who lives on Thomaston St. are wealthy) it was difficult to justify buying candy this year.
In the past years, we have spent well over $300 for candy from Sam's. Usually we ran out by 7:30. I cannot imagine what people whose lights stay on longer were spending.
It would help if trick and treating adults would not expect to have their buckets filled. I AM NOT kidding! Also, dress babies up, but why expect candy to be given for babies who are not on solid foods.
I gave candy multiple times in those instances because I did not want to make a scene for the other trick or treaters. Candy could have lasted alot longer for the kids who really enjoy Halloween.
I also Thank the Police for making the event safe, I saw no one out of line.
I Thank the majority of the children for being polite and I Thank the parents for teaching them good manners.
I Thank the Fire Fighter who let my Grand Daughter sit in his truck
All in all, my family had a very good time
THNAK YOU BARNESVILLE
My street is slowly becoming vacant too. Several houses are for sale and a couple have just been abandoned, apparently.
That being said, I was happy with the number of kids who came by my house Saturday night. They were respectful, cute, and well chaperoned. I especially enjoyed the very small Iron Man who had trouble with his mask and walked right into the side of my house. He got extra candy for his "trick".
I love Halloween!
I understand that times are hard, but maybe next year, the community can have something like a Halloween costume swap a couple of weeks before Halloween. Like, set up in the Library parking lot or something with costumes that your kids have outgrown. Then let folks get a costume or two for free for their kids. We could recycle the costumes every year and that way, hopefully, no kid has to go without one just because their parents cannot afford a costume for them.
Just an idea.....